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Color management of Kodak Nexpress on Digital Printing Network
This thesis concerns the subject of color management in digital printing. The basic principle of
color management is to get the entire graphic production to result in a predictable and accurate end
product. This control is mainly made by the use of ICC profiles.
The purpose of this work was to help the company dpn to produce a well-functioning workflow for
their two Kodak digital presses. The company wanted to get as good color matching between the
two printing machines as possible, and get a good match with the existing standard values for offset
printing as possible.
The work was carried out by studying of relevant theory on the subject, which then was applied to
the practical work. The practical work consisted mainly of printing test charts, which was measured
and was the basis for the creation of the ICC profiles.
The work proved to give a positive result. Measurements were made before the work began to
control how much color difference was at the time. After the creation and application of the new
profiles it was shown that color deviation have declined, both between the two printing presses and
with the current standard. Deviation fell below the targets the company had set up in advance, but
did allow for further improvements in their places.
Conclusions
The report shows that the objective of the two Kodak Nexpress to print with a color difference
under the pre-determined values could be achieved with good margin. Moreover, it was found that
the objective of the two Kodak Nexpress to simulate the default values for offset printing was
achieved, with the exception of a few color values.